Who's using who?
I was reading an article today about Donald Trump's very distorted view on gender roles in our current society. He keeps talking about "suburban housewives" and "women, I'm getting your husband's back to work". The typical 1950s view of the United States that Trump has. However, that does make me wonder, how much of Trump's view of the world is his own and how much has he adopted from the worst elements in this country since taking office?
Trump has always been a terrible person and totally out of touch with how the majority of the people in this country feel. He's also a dumbass which of course doesn't help. I do believe he has always been a racist, sexist asshole. But it seems to be getting worse or at least more brazen. That does make me wonder just how much more distorted has Trump's view of America become since he took office?
He currently talks about women like they generally don't hold jobs, about cities in the US like they are being burned to the ground by gangs, and about threats of things like communism taking hold in the United States. My question is, who's using who? Is Trump coming up with all of this batshit nonsense as a way to scare his base in a desperate hope of winning the election. Or, is his base pushing him even further into the abyss? By that I mean, did the ultra right wing white supremacists pushing Trump to become even more extreme by stroking his ego? He is, above all else, a very isolated and gullible person. Have the white supremacists convinced Trump that they are in fact the majority (maybe they believe they are as well, who knows) and he is actually saying what most people in this country believe?
So is trump using the white supremacists and neo Nazis, hoping their passion will push him over the top, or are the Nazis convincing a very dumb and out of touch president that they are the average American, which is in turn causing him to parrot their insane message by stroking his extremely fragile ego?
Is he the King Nazi or is he just a puppet?